J1.5

Section parameter type

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The section parameter was removed since Joomla! 1.6 and above

The section parameter type provides a drop down list of the published sections from your Joomla site. If the parameter has a value saved, this value is selected when the page is first loaded. If not, the default value (if any) is selected.

The first option on the list is always '- Select Section -' (which is a translatable string) and is given the value 0.

type (mandatory) must be section.

name (mandatory) is the unique name of the parameter.

label (mandatory) (translatable) is the descriptive title of the field.

default (optional) (translatable) is the default section ID number.

description (optional) (translatable) is text that will be shown as a tooltip when the user moves the mouse over the drop-down box.

Example XML parameter definition:

<paramname="mysection"type="section"default=""label="Select a section"description=""/>